On June 12 we kicked off a new summer season by visiting Southampton. The soaring temperatures did nothing to slow down our swimmers, who responded with many new best times and new time standards! Although we fell to the larger host team by a score of 1895 – 933, the hard work you put in this pre-seaons was evident for many of our swimmers. Well done, Riptides! The full results can be found here.

New Personal Best Swims

At Ridgetop we celebrate improvement above all else, and the best measure of success for a swimmer in a meet is to set a new personal record (PR) in an event. Many swimmers did so at this meet! In fact, a whopping 25 swimmers — listed above — achieved PRs in THREE events, the maximum possible. Many, many other swimmers set at least one PR; getting a best time in a meet is something to be very proud about. Way to go Riptides!

The single biggest time drop of the meet was recorded by Kyra Evans, who had the huge drop of 26 seconds in the 25 breast, almost cutting her time in half! Linos Grice had an impressive drop as well: over 19 seconds in the 25 back. I have to also point out the great meet that Ellie Torrence had, dropping over ten seconds each in two events — the 50 free and 50 breast — and a combined 30 seconds in her three events. So impressive!